The Coming of Gluscabi
After Tabaldak had finished making human beings, he dusted his hands off and some of dust sprinkled on the earth.
From that dust Gluscasi formed himself. He sat up from the earth and said, “Here I am.” So it is that some of the Abenaki people call Gluscabi by another name, “Odzihozo,” which means, “The man who made himself from something” He was not as powerful as Tabaldak, The Owner, but like his grandchildren, the human beings, he had the power to change things, sometimes for the worst.
When Gluscabi sat up from the earth, the owner was astonished. “How did it happen now that you came to be?” he said.
Then Gluscabi said, “Well, it is because I formed myself from this dust left over from the first human that you made.”
“You are very wonderful,” The Owner told him.
“I am wonderful because you sprinkled me,” Gluscabi answered”.
“Let us roam around now,” said The Owner. So they left that place and went uphill to the top of the mountain. There are gazed about, open-eyed, so far around they could see. They could see the lakes, the rivers, the trees, how all the lay, the earth.
Then The Owner said, “Behold here how wonderful is my work. By the wish of my mind I created all this existing world, oceans, rivers, lakes.”
From that dust Gluscasi formed himself. He sat up from the earth and said, “Here I am.” So it is that some of the Abenaki people call Gluscabi by another name, “Odzihozo,” which means, “The man who made himself from something” He was not as powerful as Tabaldak, The Owner, but like his grandchildren, the human beings, he had the power to change things, sometimes for the worst.
When Gluscabi sat up from the earth, the owner was astonished. “How did it happen now that you came to be?” he said.
Then Gluscabi said, “Well, it is because I formed myself from this dust left over from the first human that you made.”
“You are very wonderful,” The Owner told him.
“I am wonderful because you sprinkled me,” Gluscabi answered”.
“Let us roam around now,” said The Owner. So they left that place and went uphill to the top of the mountain. There are gazed about, open-eyed, so far around they could see. They could see the lakes, the rivers, the trees, how all the lay, the earth.
Then The Owner said, “Behold here how wonderful is my work. By the wish of my mind I created all this existing world, oceans, rivers, lakes.”